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<h2><span class="refentrytitle"><a name="GFilenameCompleter.top_of_page"></a>GFilenameCompleter</span></h2>
<p>GFilenameCompleter — Filename Completer</p>
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<a name="GFilenameCompleter.functions"></a><h2>Functions</h2>
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<a class="link" href="GFilenameCompleter.html" title="GFilenameCompleter"><span class="returnvalue">GFilenameCompleter</span></a> *
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<a class="link" href="GFilenameCompleter.html#g-filename-completer-new" title="g_filename_completer_new ()">g_filename_completer_new</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<span class="returnvalue">char</span> *
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<a class="link" href="GFilenameCompleter.html#g-filename-completer-get-completion-suffix" title="g_filename_completer_get_completion_suffix ()">g_filename_completer_get_completion_suffix</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<span class="returnvalue">char</span> **
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<a class="link" href="GFilenameCompleter.html#g-filename-completer-get-completions" title="g_filename_completer_get_completions ()">g_filename_completer_get_completions</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<span class="returnvalue">void</span>
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<a class="link" href="GFilenameCompleter.html#g-filename-completer-set-dirs-only" title="g_filename_completer_set_dirs_only ()">g_filename_completer_set_dirs_only</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<a name="GFilenameCompleter.signals"></a><h2>Signals</h2>
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<td class="signal_type"><span class="returnvalue">void</span></td>
<td class="signal_name"><a class="link" href="GFilenameCompleter.html#GFilenameCompleter-got-completion-data" title="The “got-completion-data” signal">got-completion-data</a></td>
<td class="signal_flags"><a href="https://developer.gnome.org/gobject/unstable/gobject-Signals.html#G-SIGNAL-RUN-LAST:CAPS">Run Last</a></td>
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<a name="GFilenameCompleter.other"></a><h2>Types and Values</h2>
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<td class="function_name"><a class="link" href="GFilenameCompleter.html#GFilenameCompleter-struct" title="GFilenameCompleter">GFilenameCompleter</a></td>
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<a name="GFilenameCompleter.object-hierarchy"></a><h2>Object Hierarchy</h2>
<pre class="screen">    <a href="https://developer.gnome.org/gobject/unstable/gobject-The-Base-Object-Type.html#GObject">GObject</a>
    <span class="lineart">╰──</span> GFilenameCompleter
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<a name="GFilenameCompleter.includes"></a><h2>Includes</h2>
<pre class="synopsis">#include &lt;gio/gio.h&gt;
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<a name="GFilenameCompleter.description"></a><h2>Description</h2>
<p>Completes partial file and directory names given a partial string by
looking in the file system for clues. Can return a list of possible 
completion strings for widget implementations.</p>
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<a name="GFilenameCompleter.functions_details"></a><h2>Functions</h2>
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<a name="g-filename-completer-new"></a><h3>g_filename_completer_new ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="GFilenameCompleter.html" title="GFilenameCompleter"><span class="returnvalue">GFilenameCompleter</span></a> *
g_filename_completer_new (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">void</span></code></em>);</pre>
<p>Creates a new filename completer.</p>
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<a name="id-1.4.4.2.9.2.5"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> a <a class="link" href="GFilenameCompleter.html" title="GFilenameCompleter"><span class="type">GFilenameCompleter</span></a>.</p>
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<a name="g-filename-completer-get-completion-suffix"></a><h3>g_filename_completer_get_completion_suffix ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">char</span> *
g_filename_completer_get_completion_suffix
                               (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GFilenameCompleter.html" title="GFilenameCompleter"><span class="type">GFilenameCompleter</span></a> *completer</code></em>,
                                <em class="parameter"><code>const <span class="type">char</span> *initial_text</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Obtains a completion for <em class="parameter"><code>initial_text</code></em>
 from <em class="parameter"><code>completer</code></em>
.</p>
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<a name="id-1.4.4.2.9.3.5"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>completer</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>the filename completer.</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>initial_text</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>text to be completed.</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
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<a name="id-1.4.4.2.9.3.6"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> a completed string, or <a href="https://developer.gnome.org/glib/unstable/glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a> if no completion exists.
This string is not owned by GIO, so remember to <a href="https://developer.gnome.org/glib/unstable/glib-Memory-Allocation.html#g-free"><code class="function">g_free()</code></a> it
when finished.</p>
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<a name="g-filename-completer-get-completions"></a><h3>g_filename_completer_get_completions ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">char</span> **
g_filename_completer_get_completions (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GFilenameCompleter.html" title="GFilenameCompleter"><span class="type">GFilenameCompleter</span></a> *completer</code></em>,
                                      <em class="parameter"><code>const <span class="type">char</span> *initial_text</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Gets an array of completion strings for a given initial text.</p>
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<a name="id-1.4.4.2.9.4.5"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
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<td class="parameter_description"><p>the filename completer.</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>initial_text</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>text to be completed.</p></td>
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<a name="id-1.4.4.2.9.4.6"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> array of strings with possible completions for <em class="parameter"><code>initial_text</code></em>
.
This array must be freed by <a href="https://developer.gnome.org/glib/unstable/glib-String-Utility-Functions.html#g-strfreev"><code class="function">g_strfreev()</code></a> when finished. </p>
<p><span class="annotation">[<acronym title="Parameter points to an array of items."><span class="acronym">array</span></acronym> zero-terminated=1][<acronym title="Free data after the code is done."><span class="acronym">transfer full</span></acronym>]</span></p>
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<a name="g-filename-completer-set-dirs-only"></a><h3>g_filename_completer_set_dirs_only ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>
g_filename_completer_set_dirs_only (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GFilenameCompleter.html" title="GFilenameCompleter"><span class="type">GFilenameCompleter</span></a> *completer</code></em>,
                                    <em class="parameter"><code><a href="https://developer.gnome.org/glib/unstable/glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="type">gboolean</span></a> dirs_only</code></em>);</pre>
<p>If <em class="parameter"><code>dirs_only</code></em>
 is <a href="https://developer.gnome.org/glib/unstable/glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a>, <em class="parameter"><code>completer</code></em>
 will only 
complete directory names, and not file names.</p>
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<a name="id-1.4.4.2.9.5.5"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
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<td class="parameter_description"><p>the filename completer.</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>dirs_only</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>a <a href="https://developer.gnome.org/glib/unstable/glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="type">gboolean</span></a>.</p></td>
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<a name="GFilenameCompleter.other_details"></a><h2>Types and Values</h2>
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<a name="GFilenameCompleter-struct"></a><h3>GFilenameCompleter</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">typedef struct _GFilenameCompleter GFilenameCompleter;</pre>
<p>Completes filenames based on files that exist within the file system.</p>
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<a name="GFilenameCompleter.signal-details"></a><h2>Signal Details</h2>
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<a name="GFilenameCompleter-got-completion-data"></a><h3>The <code class="literal">“got-completion-data”</code> signal</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>
user_function (<a class="link" href="GFilenameCompleter.html" title="GFilenameCompleter"><span class="type">GFilenameCompleter</span></a> *arg0,
               <a href="https://developer.gnome.org/glib/unstable/glib-Basic-Types.html#gpointer"><span class="type">gpointer</span></a>            user_data)</pre>
<p>Emitted when the file name completion information comes available.</p>
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<a name="id-1.4.4.2.11.2.5"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>user_data</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>user data set when the signal handler was connected.</p></td>
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<p>Flags: <a href="https://developer.gnome.org/gobject/unstable/gobject-Signals.html#G-SIGNAL-RUN-LAST:CAPS">Run Last</a></p>
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